Local fraudsters used a popular e-wallet, GCash, and Viber, an online messaging platform, to harvest the names of subscribers in the latest scams plaguing the public, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
“Our initial investigation showed that criminals may have acquired or
Globe Telecom Inc. blocked 784 million scam and spam messages in the first seven months of 2022, deactivated 14,058 scam-linked mobile numbers and blacklisted 8,973 more, the telco announced Wednesday night, August 31.
"Our anti-spam and scam operations continue 24/7 and we have put in place n
Globe is one with the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) in its goal of stopping the spread of spam and scam text messages. We are complying with its latest order to issue a warning against a new breed of scam messages that bear users’ full names while making fake job offers or cash prizes.
Globe Telecom Inc. forged cybersecurity partnerships with local financial institutions and managed to block 9,063,698 bank-related scam and spam messages in the first half of the year, the telco disclosed Monday, July 4. The number is part of the 138 million scam and spam messages which Globe bl
Keeping the public safe from fraudulent activities online, Globe Telecom Inc. has blocked over 138 million spam and scam messages from January to June 15 this year, the company reported Monday, June 27. Globe's anti-spam blocking peaked in May, with 74.48 million total unwanted messages filtered